Old maps marked a tiny double-log, two-story dwelling on property owned by Anthony Shane at the turn of Shane Road, along what had once been a thriving pathway from Piqua to Ft. Wayne near the river traffic route but later became a dusty lane leading to a long-abandoned bridge. Jerry Bolenbaugh, a local resident, brought this log house on the present-day farm of John King to the attention of the Shanes Crossing Historical Society, which had not known of it and found that it still stood, though in disrepair. Further study of maps suggested that the house could have been Anthony Shane’s, but sketchy records mean that this can never be verified. In August 1995, Glen Harper, District Coordinator of the Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society, examined the site and confirmed that the double-log house was a log-and-chink structure typical of Anthony Shane’s time period, making it architecturally and historically significant. John King and his family cooperated in allowing access to the house and site and indicated that he would donate the house if it were to be moved. After consulting sources on restoration and estimating costs, the historical society decided to raise money and carry out the relocation and restoration with volunteer labor, and the Shanes Park board offered a site in the park for it. In the fall of 1996, the house was dismantled, each log was numbered, and the structure was moved to the park. The floor and foundation were poured, and in the spring of 1997 work began on placing the logs back in the correct order. Because a large door had been cut into one end of the house, replacement logs had to be found and fitted with the old ones, and logs salvaged from old barns being torn down in the area were used for that purpose.